Support for cup type mop wringers



April 1952 B. E ROREM 2,591,468

SUPPORT FOR CUP TYPE MOP WRINGERS Filed Sept. 25, 1946 fave/22hr W m I 1(E600 B. E. ROREM SUPPQRT FbR CUP TYPE MOP WRINGER April 1, 1952 2SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed Sept. 25, 1946 fiverziar Ber/24rd E )Porem PatentedApr. 1, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My present invention relates to improvements in mop wringers of the typeinvolving a drainage passage-equipped wringer cup adapted to be mountedon a suitable mop pail or receptacle, and wherein a mop is inserted andplaced under pressure to express excess liquid from the mop; the excessliquid flowing through the drainage passages in the cup and into theunderlying pail or receptacle. More particularly, the present inventionrelates to an improved means for quickly and detachably attaching oranchoring such mop wringers to cooperating mop pails or the like.

A still further object of the present invention is the provision of animproved means for detachably anchoring the mop wringer of the classdescribed to the upper edge portion of a cooperating pail or otherreceptacle Without boring any holes in, or otherwise defacing, the pailor other receptacle, and without the use of auxiliary clamping oranchoring devices, such as screws, bolts, or the like.

Still another important object of the invention is the provision of animproved anchoring device of the general character immediately abovedescribed which can be readily adapted to fit cooperating mop pails ofdifferent diameters.

A still further important object of the invention is the provision of animproved device for anchoring a mop wringer of the class described tothe upper edge portion of a cooperating mop pail or receptacle, which isextremely simple; can be constructed at very low cost, and can bequickly and easily applied to the wringer cup on one hand and to thecooperating pail on the other hand.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an improvedanchoring device or means for mop wringers of the kind described whichcan be shipped together with a mop wringer in disassembled or knock-downform and be readily assembled and applied to the cooperating mop wringerby the ultimate purchaser.

The above and other highly important objects and advantages of theinvention will be made apparent from the following specification,claims, and appended drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters indicate like partsthroughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a mop wringer of the classdescribed detachably anchored to the top of a cooperating receptacle inthe nature of a mop pail through the medium tion;

Fig. 2 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary sectional view takenapproximately on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view in side elevation lookingfrom left toward th right in respect to Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view in side elevation takenapproximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view corresponding to Fig. 5, but showing aslightly modified form of wringer anchoring means.

The mop wringer herein illustrated for the purpose of example is of thekind disclosed and claimed in my co-pending application, Serial No.699,100, now abandoned, filed of even date herewith. This mop wringercomprises a drainage passage-equipped cylindrical wringer cup I which isclosely and finely perforated to provide the desired drainage passagesand is provided at its top with an upwardly or outwardlyflaringmop-guiding skirt 2 and at its intermediate portion with anoutwardly-pressed circular bead 3. In Fig. l, a mop is shown inapproximately operative position within the wringer cup I. and this mop,which is of the commercial circular type, comprises a mop head 4 and asuitable handle 5. The receptacle on which the wringer cup I is mountedthrough anchoring means of the present invention is in the nature of aconventional mop pail indicated as an entirety by 6, said pail beingprovided with an outwardly-rolled rim 1 at its upper edge and being alsoprovided with the usual bail pivotally secured thereto through themedium of anchoring arms 9.

With reference first to Figs. 1-5 inclusive, the wringer cup anchoringmeans comprises a pair of relatively long anchoring arms I0 and arelatively short anchoring arm II, said anchoring arms I0 and I I allbeing mounted on the wringer cup and projecting laterally therefrom andthe said short arm II being approximately equallycircumferentially-spaced between the opposite arms I0. Preferably, andas herein illustrated, the opposite anchoring arms II] areintegrallyformed from a common bar or strip, indicated as an entirety byI2, and are connected by an intermediate segmental portion I3 of saidbar I2 that closely embraces and matches the exterior contour of thecylindrical wringer cup I. The entire arm-forming bar I2 is rigidly, butdetachably, anchored to the longitudinally-interbands I5 and I6, andwhich are passed through receiving apertures I5" and I6" in the bar I2adjacent the inner ends of the opposite arms In.

The other end of the clamping band I5 is pro vided with a radiallyout-turned anchoring flange I1 in spaced parallel relation to the shortanchoring arm II and screw-threaded clamping means in the nature of anut-equipped clamping bolt or the like I8 is passed through alignedapertures in the flange I1 and short arm II to clamp the bands I5 and i6tightly about the wringer cup. I. The'segmental clamping bands I5 andI6, together with the clamping bolt I8 1 and the intermediate portion I3of bar I2 comprise a clamping band of the well-known split variety.

Adjacent their free ends,: the arms I8 and II are formed to providecentering shoulders Ill and II, respectively, and outwardly adjacentsaid centering shoulders the'lower edges of the arms I and II defineupper pail'bead-engaging seat 21. outwardly of the said upper seats 21the arms l0 and. are formed with anchoring hooks; the hook of arm IIbeing. indicated by I9, the hook of one of the arms If! by 20, and thehook of theother arm Ii! by 2|. The hooks I9; 20, and'2I are turnedbackwardly and downwardly with respect to their respective 'arms, sothat thefree' end portions thereof define lower pail beadseats 28 forengagement with the'lower surfaceof the pail head I. The lower seats 28are located in ahorizontal plane'below theplane of the upper seats 21andJareLIaterally' ofiset therefrom. The lower seats 28 of i hOOkS I9and '29 are offset each in the direction of'the other hook I?) orZII'andthe seat28 of hook 2I is offset in the to facilitate applicationof the device to a c-oopcrating pail or "the like.

The mop wringer may most conveniently be packaged for shipment with theanchoring device described in disassembled or knock-down form, but dueto the simplicity of the construction described, the matter ofassembling the parts may be readily accomplished'bythe ultimatepurchaser, who needs only insert the hooks I. and'lfi 'through theapertures I5" and I6" respectively, insert the mop cup within theconfines ofthe segmental clamping bands I5 and I5, and apply thenut-equipped clamping bolt I8. Withthis done, the matter of attachingthe mophwringer to a conventional mop pail, such as herein indicated by6, is easily and quickly accomplished in the following manner, to wit:The anchoring hooks I9 and are first hooked under the rim 1 of the pail.With this done, the free end portion of hook 2| will rest on the upper 7sided the pail bead 20, assuming that the arms IIllare; of properlengthforthe particular pail involved. Now,.to accomplish the anchoringof the mop wringer-to themop pail, itis merely necessary to 2 applysuflicient downward .pressure to the hook 2| through the medium of thehandle 22 thereof to force the same around and under the rim I of thepail; this being accomplished by slight springing of the hook 2I, rim l,or a combination of both. In case it is found that the arms Ill are solongas to space the hook 2I outwardly of the rim 1, the arms In and II,which are initially straight, may be bent by hand to produce aneffective shortening of the arms as measured on a straightline fromtheir ends to their respective hooks. In fact, in the drawings, theinitially straight arms I0 are shown as having been bent or warped toaccomplish the desired foreshortening to fit the anchoring device of amop wringer to the particular pail involved. It will, of course, beunderstood that the arms IE1 and II are formed of relatively soft orductile metal, so that they may be rather easily bent by hand and willtend to remain in the bent position.

By reference to the drawings, it will'be seen that the bead 3 of thewringer cup I is seated against the upper edges of the clamping' bandsI5 and It, so as to restrain the'mop cup against downward movement underpressure exerted on' the mop through the mophandle 5;

The modified form of the invention shownin Fig. 6 differs from theembodiment of the invention shown in Figs. l..5 inclusive only inthemanner in which the segmental clamping-bands I5 and I6 are secured tothe bar-like element [2; and in Fig. 6, parts corresponding to parts inFigs. 1-5 inclusive are indicated by like characters. In Fig. 6, the barI2 is provided adjacent the inner ends of its arm-forming portions. I0with elongated slots 23and 24 which replace the circular apertures I5and I6" of Figs. 1-5 inclusive, and the clamping bands I 5 and I6 arerespectively provided with head-equippedaan-y choring tabs 25 and 26that replace the.anchoring hooks of Figs. 1-5 inclusive- Theslots 23 and24 are of justsuflicient length'and width to receive the heads of tabs25-and 26' respectively, and'the said head-equipped tabs, being turnedafter insertion throughthe slots, become positively interlocked with thebar I2. This system of locking the elements together is particularlydesirablewhen the metal employed is so light that the hooked tabs of theother figures might tend to straighten out and become disengaged underclamping pressure.

The segmental bands I5 and I6, together with the segmental portion I3 ofbar I 2, jointly form what may be hereinafterreferred to alternately asa circular clamping band .or split circular clamping band.

What I claim is: V

1. A device for anchoring wringer cups to rimequipped mop pails, saiddevicecomprising an anchoring band adapted to receivea wringer. cup andhaving three circumferentiallyespaced. anchoring arms projectingtherefrom, said arms being of relatively thin flat band stock disposedwith their narrow edges one above the other, the outer portions of theunder edges of said'arms providing upper pail bead seats, said armsbeing formed outwardly of said upperiseats with anchoring hooks, thefreeend portions of the upper edges of which provide cooperatinglower pailbeadseats disposed below the plane of the upper bead seats and laterallyoifs'et from their respective cooperating upper bead .seats.

2. A device for anchoring wringer cups to rim-.

equipped mop pails, said device comprising an anchoring band adapted toreceive a Wringer cup and having three circumferentially-spaced anchoring arms projecting therefrom, said arms being of relatively thinfiat band stock disposed with their narrow edges one above the other,the outer portions of the under edges of said arms providing upper pailbead seats, said arms being fornied outwardly of said upper seats withanchoring hooks, the free end portions of the upper edges of whichprovide cooperating lower pail bead seats disposed below the plane ofthe upper bead seats and laterally offset from their respectivecooperating upper bead seats, the lower bead seats of two adjacent arms,being later-ally offset from their respective cooperating bead seatseach in the direction of the other said arm.

' BERNARD E. ROREM.

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